The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MOCKERY
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What does MOCKERY mean?
MOCKERY noun- The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
- Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.
- Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.
- Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.